What is the Deepest Hole Ever Dug?
Do you ever think of digging a hole in the earth? What is at the center of the earth? Do I reach the other side of the earth if this ever happens? I am here to answer all of your queries about the deepest hole men possibly dig.
In the year 1970 Soviet scientists start executing the ambition of deepest hole in Earth. The hole is still is the deepest hole, The Kola Superdeep Borehill. It is almost one-third of the earth’s crust. Till now even with so many technologies this is the deepest and carries the Guinness World Record. If you drop a shaft in this hole, it would take around 50 seconds to reach the bottom.
Think about how magnificent and huge the earth is. Grab some pop corns as this digging story has a lot of thrill and rumors associated with it. There are some who say that drilling a hole would open up the door of demons of hell. These rumors create so much noise that the project even stops in 1983. A microphone was attached at that point and the sound of screams and horror was listened by the researchers that left them traumatized. After that in 1992, the drill operation was set to working but then again because of rumors and fear, the work was stopped. This is because the temperature was more than 180 degree Celcius their, making the operation difficult to perform. The owner of the project GU Berman then allows the tourist to visit the place, it might be a trick to get money and pay back his loans. Later on, all the story came highlighted and the truth came was that the rumors are April Fool story by Finnish Journalist, The story got lost in translations and then Americans publish it as a fact in a newspaper.
Let’s start from the earth crust you are standing at. When you go to a depth of 6ft, the zombie is there to welcome here, as this the standard western graving depth. At the depth of 20ft, all the metal detectors work upto there. Dig! Dig! And Dig! You will see the burrows dug by animals like Nile Crocodiles, Alas! Such a deep crocodile can go.
Continue digging and you will reach the depth of 131 ft you will find a swimming pool there. This is the deepest pool ever if you ever fell in it, it just takes around 3 seconds to reach the bottom of the swimming pool. You might be thinking of HOW? All credits go to accelerated gravity. Keep on going and when you reach the depth of 328ft, all the nuclear dumb is discarded there. At the depth of 400ft, the tree roots have reached so far. This tree is found in South Africa, Yeah! That’s how strong a tree could be. More 320ft down and the base of the deepest river in the world, The Congo River is here. Beyond that, at 787 feet the deepest train tunnel in the world is present that connects the Japanese islands to Honshu and Hokkaido. Have you ever want to drive at the deepest tunnel, we know your desire then. At 941ft you can drive through the deepest road in Norway.
Do you know the power of the human hand? The deepest hand dig hole is 1286ft below where you are. As said, never underestimate the power of common men. At the same distance, the deepest well was delved. At 1987feet down, you arrived at something terrifying, if you are unfortunate enough to fell in this hole, you will fell in less than 11 seconds, and its more than the falling from the biggest trade center in New York.
When you reach 3202fts, you can still see the sky. It is the deepest hole from where you can see the sky. This is the Bingham Canyon open-pit mine in Utah. You can even build the tallest building in the entire world( Burj Khalifa) and still have 100 meters of free space. Woah! Take a breath and think about how deep it is. Keep digging through 7208 feet and you reach the deepest cave ever. No this is still not the end. All the way down to 10275 feet, the deepest elevator is present and by using an elevator it only takes four and a half minutes to reach there. Want a shortcut? Just jump into it and within 25 seconds you will reach there, Yeah! I know risky and deadly. At the depth of 11811.02feet, the deepest multicellular organism is present. Keep your seat belts tight, as the deepest mine is there, at the depth of 13123.36feet. Down at 22028 feet, you can fit the Mount Everest upside down. The deepest hole is 40230 feet deep and the stories associated with it are still famous.
